The Relevance of the Church Fathers for Today: An Eastern Orthodox Perspective

by Emilianos Timiadis and Metropolitan Emilianos Timiadis

The Orthodox Church calls upon the Fathers of the Church as guiding lights in matters of faith and life. In this work, a well known bishop of the Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Emilianos Timiadis,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1885652011
• ISBN13: 9781885652010
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Holy Cross Orthodox Press
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A good start

This is a good place to start to nurture an appreciation for the Fathers of the Church. With a delicate balance of appreciating our historical roots without jettisoning the present, Metropolitan Timiadis gives us a good push in the right direction. The Fathers have so much for us today but so often we assume their advice will be out of date and irrelevant to us today. Once we discover their classic advice, however, we may run the risk of deciding we no longer need to pursue later doctrines of the church in their fullest. This little book helps us find the necessary balance to neither worship nor ignore the ancient wisdom. Very well done.

A very relevant read!

THis slim volume is a great place to start if you are beginning to read the fathers, and it is a perfect place for the experienced reader whole is interested in some topical discussions. The eleven topics include the themes of worship, how to treat those sepereated from teh church, who is a heretic, ecology and economy, wealth and love, the value of suffering etc. THis is an awesome book for its compact style and gems of wisdom and relevance. THis book makes a great gift as a devotional book as well. Not dry in the least!